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Geographic location referencing system and method
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Inventors: Hancock, S. Lee; Dana, Peter H.;
Assignee: GO2 Systems, Inc. (Irvine, CA)
Primary Examiner: Zanelli; Michael J.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Lyon & Lyon LLP
A method and apparatus for defining grid and proprietary addresses of selected locations within a geographical area is described, characterized in that the grid addresses are defined in relation to a grid and can be easily converted to global coordinates defined in relation to a known global referencing system, and the proprietary addresses are unique to the geographical area. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A method of using a novel grid address as a geographical location identifier, comprising: providing a hierarchical grid address including a specific locational address appended to general position information, the general position information representing at least one of a plurality of pre-defined grids, each of the grids corresponding to a geographical area and having a plurality of cells and sub-cells corresponding to smaller geographical areas within the grid; and using the hierarchical grid address as a geographic location identifier.
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The method of claim 1, wherein the specific locational address includes a plurality of hierarchical codes representative of a specific cell, sub-cell, and any further levels of cell subdivision.
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The method of claim 1, wherein each of the grids corresponds to a geographical area and has: a plurality of cells; a reference location; global coordinates of said reference location; and at least one parameter defining cell size and orientation.
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The method of claim 1, wherein the specific locational address is a proprietary name.
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The method of claim 4, wherein the proprietary name is, at least in part, an abbreviated version of a name.
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The method of claim 4, wherein the proprietary name is, at least in part, a company's name.
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The method of claim 4, wherein the proprietary name is a company's name and a unique identifier for one of many establishments of the company.
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The method of claim 4, wherein the proprietary name is, at least in part, an individual person's name.
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The method of claim 4, wherein the geographic location is an individual person's house.
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The method of claim 4, wherein the geographic location is an establishment of a company.
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The method of claim 4, wherein the general position information includes top, second, and third level hierarchical codes for identifying countries, states/provinces, and cities.
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The method of claim 1, wherein the general position information includes a country code as a top level hierarchical code
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